A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion.

Residents in Northeast Cleveland heard a loud explosion the morning of St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2026. So, was it an actual meteor?

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I don’t think anyone declared it, but 2025 was a big year for comets. There was comet Lemmon, which was discovered in January and stayed in the news for a good nine months. The images of Lemmon’s long ...

Almost 13,000 years ago, North America underwent drastic changes at a rapid rate. Mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, and many other large animals went extinct. Around the same time, the Clovis ...

In space, death can be a beautiful thing. That's certainly the case for the recently deceased "other" comet ATLAS, which is slowly breaking apart after meeting its explosive end earlier this month, ...